Barons blank Lookouts behind Beck's gem

From the Birmingham Barons Media Relations:

Birmingham, AL — The
Birmingham Barons rode the bat of Keenyn Walker and the arm of Chris Beck to a
2-0 shutout win against the Chattanooga Lookouts Tuesday night in front of
4,989 fans at Regions Field.

Keenyn Walker broke a 5th
inning scoreless tie with an opposite field solo home run, his second long ball
of the season. Walker finished with a two hits in the game, going 2-for-3 with
his 10th steal of the season.

Walker's homer was all starter
Chris Beck (3-6, 3.79) needed as he allowed just fourhits and struck out six
over 7.0 dominant shutout innings.

Rangel Ravelo tacked on a key
insurance run in the 6th, driving in Dan Wagner with an RBI single
to give the Barons a 2-0 lead.

The Lookouts made things
interesting in the 8th, putting runners at second and third base
against reliever Kevin Vance, but Vance was able to escape the jam by striking
out Scott Schebler to end the inning. Vance struck out four Lookouts batters
over 2.0 scoreless innings to pick up his second save of the season.

The shutout was the 4th
for the Barons this season as they improved to 21-31 while Chattanooga fell to
20-32. The Barons will look to start a winning streak tomorrow night as RHP
Bryan Blough (0-0, 0.00) makes his second appearance and first career start at
the Double-A level against LHP Chris Reed (3-3, 2.93). First pitch is schedule
for 7:05 PM CDT.